I can't be much happier". Giggs will hope for a repeat when they travel to face Denmark on Sunday . Manchester United great Giggs put his faith in youth, including 17-year-old Chelsea midfielder Ethan Ampadu and Bournemouth's David Brooks , 21, in his starting line-up. [Full Article...]

She also showed impressive tactical awareness against Sabalenka to take some of the pace off her shots against Sabalenka and invite the Belarusian to make more errors, in which Sabalenka duly obliged. Sevastova will likely attempt to throw a lot of dinks Williams' way to defuse her power. "Well, it definitely means a lot for me, and I always thought if I were to win a Grand Slam, the first on... [Full Article...]

If the DBU fails to recruit players for the games, Denmark, who are ninth in the Federation Internationale de Football Association world rankings and reached the last 16 at this year's World Cup, could face expulsion from the 2020 European Championship. [Full Article...]

That's four days from now and Le'Veon Bell , one of the NFL 's most dynamic running backs, remains at home . The Steelers - nearly to a man inside their locker room - were perfectly fine with Le'Veon Bell not signing his $14.5 million franchise tag and deciding once again to skip all of the offseason summer workouts, training camp and the preseason games. [Full Article...]

But after reaching the final in Monte Carlo, the French Open fourth round and the Wimbledon quarter-finals, Nishikori believes an elusive first grand slam is within reach. I was up 4-1 and he came back. " I'm just real glad I was able to win in the end." Tsurenko had 31 unforced errors to Osaka's 11, and Osaka finished with 12 winners. [Full Article...]

Williams was ranked 26th when she received her No. 17 seeding, one spot below older sister Venus. That's good news for the 36-year-old Williams as she vies for a title that would see her break out of a tie with Chris Evert for most US Open victories and equal Australian Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 major titles. [Full Article...]

Though the Ballon d'Or merged with Fifa's World Player of the Year award in 2010 and then split once again, Fifa's The Best awards have served as the governing body's official replacement with France Football continuing its own Ballon d'Or. [Full Article...]

Never was that better illustrated than, when chasing down Leicester in 2016, they let a two-goal lead slip against Chelsea which saw them concede the race for the title. Watford are dismissed as relegation fodder at the beginning of most campaigns, but they seem to relish this status as they have once again started the season in great shape. [Full Article...]

Although the team expected Bell to skip training camp after he didn't get the long-term contract he wanted in July, the Steelers were blindsided when Bell chose to skip the team's first practice of Week 1 on Monday. Tomlin also said the decision to terminate the contract of veteran backup quarterback Landry Jones was "difficult". The Steelers open the season on Sunday at Cleveland. [Full Article...]

Thiem opened his tournament in NY by thrashing Sofia champion Mirza Basic 6-3 6-1 6-4. He chewed on his chain, noshed on multiple bananas on almost every break and tapped his feet against the hard court as he waited for play to resume. Thiem is widely expected to be Nadal's heir on clay but he does not feel that his game yet matches up to the world No 1. Yeah, I did it sometimes against him, but... [Full Article...]

Adding the 2016 NFL Defensive Player of the Year to an already solid defense ratcheted up a building buzz around a team with four straight last-place finishes in the NFC North. "He's always doing more". "Aaron's a very good football player", Nagy said. "It's nice to have such a prolific rusher outside me", Hicks said. To be completely honest, I had a lot of guys reach out to me before I ev... [Full Article...]

Retrieving a Virgil van Dijk pass, the 25-year-old dallied on the ball and was easily dispossessed by Kelechi Iheanacho , who squared for Rachid Ghezzal to reduce the deficit. "That means pass the ball, yes, but at the right moment, but immediately make an offer to him, open some passing options, whatever". Claude Puel has this Leicester team playing some sumptuous football, and oftenti... [Full Article...]

Big Ten Network has suspended Braylon Edwards for violating its social media policy after Edwards made comments in a now deleted tweet from Saturday about the MI football team. Edwards was an All-American at MI in 2004 and is the school's career leader in catches, yards and touchdown catches. But he also butted heads with his coaches and would be relegated to the bench for long stretches during ... [Full Article...]

The 24-year-old, who has 22 caps for his country, takes over from Scott Brown following his retirement earlier this year. "It's probably the pinnacle of my career". Scotland manager Alex McLeish added: "Andy was the outstanding candidate". "He carries himself well and is a tremendous professional". A mercurial performance in his side's 4-3 victory over Manchester City cemented his place... [Full Article...]